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Definition of Herissons
1. herisson [n] - See also: herisson
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herissons
Literary usage of Herissons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Barras, Member of the Directorate by Paul Barras, George Duruy (1895)
"herissons, chevaux-de-frise, trenches, approaches, parallels, covert ways on the
western front of the town, in order to be able to batter in breach its ..."
2. Memoirs of Barras, Member of the Directorate by Paul Barras, George Duruy (1895)
"herissons, chevaux-de-frisc, trenches, approaches, parallels, covert ways on the
western front of the town, in order to be able to batter in breach its ..."
3. On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man by John Kidd (1852)
"P. 10. Cuvier, torn. i. Hedgehogs have their bodies covered with quills instead
of hair; and so have porcupines. Les herissons et les pore- epics ont le ..."
4. The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions (1874)
"... one of the principal inhabitants of Salisbury, 1469 (Hoare), ancestor of the
Earls of Malmsbury, who bear the three herissons, the arms of Heriz. ..."
5. The Warfare of To-day by Paul Azan, Julian Lowell Coolidge (1918)
"To this end bags of earth, chevaux- de-frise, or herissons, made ready beforehand,
serve to obstruct the space left free for going to ..."
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